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John Olsson

Using shortcodes in editor

By John Olsson+, in Platform 5

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John Olsson+    8

John Olsson
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We're often working with ACF (https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/) that's great for user experience in the backend, 'cause we don't want out clients to be in the editor to much.

So we want to be able to use shortcodes in the editor fields, regardless of section, THIS WOULD BE SO GREAT. Is there a way to fix this, it should open up som much more functionality.

In ACF, the shortcode is for example:  

[acf field="field_name"]

...for example, I want to att field_names value to display in a section, i understand I can make it in embed and so, but I want it in titles and options, the whole range.

I know I can build my own sections, that we've done, but it's not very effective, and thats what PL5 is about.

Any ideas on this, can Pagelines take this in the core? I guessing there are more than just ACF out there who can use this.

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Ray    15

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Hi @John Olsson

Since this is a specific customization, I recommend copying PageLines sections and customizing them to your need with the ACF custom fields.

For Example: Copy the Embed section and rename it to "Embed ACF" then just replace the content fields with ACF code.

At the moment, shortcodes can only currently be used in the content section and other sections where it makes sense for everybody.

 

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John Olsson+    8

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Well, that's what we've done, but it's not very effektive. I want it to work with the Pagelines core-options, to take advance of things like background, overlays, paddings.. all that makes it very problematic with just and embed-box..

There must be a way to Add a special function to the childtheme to make this happen, right?

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Ray    15

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Unfortunately no, it requires specific customization on the extensions.

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John Olsson+    8

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So you meen that shortcode render or no shortcode render is built in the sections, that seems not likely.. but what do i know.. Why isn't that a core-functionality really?

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John Olsson+    8

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My opinion also. Shortcode is a common WP workflow, Please can we built IT in? Any feedback on this @Simon? :)

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BeeTcore    3

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Shortcode is really a very common WP workflow and it'll be great if it can be built into pagelines. Gives lots of stress finding alternatives.

An alternative is placing the shortcode in "Text" in Widget, then importing Widget into your page

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John Olsson+    8

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Yup, we can all agree it should be build in. Yes, it works around the widget, but it's not a good practise i think... :)

Please Pagelines, make our life easier... :)

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bnapoli+    0

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I agree with this. It should be in there.

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